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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHAD B., Case No.: 20cv1431-CAB(MSB)

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

V. REGARDING JOINT MOTION FOR

JUDICIAL REVIEW [ECF NO. 12]

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social Security,2 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 19 20 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(e)(6)(b), “[o]pinions by the Court in [Social Security cases under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)] will refer to any non-government parties by using only their first name and last initial.”

On July 9, 2021, Kilolo Kijakazi became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited on November 12, 2021). The Court 23 substitutes Kilolo Kijakazi for her predecessor, Andrew Saul, as the defendant in this action. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d); 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (providing that “[a]ny action instituted in accordance with this subsection shall survive notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office of Commissioner of Social…